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Client Alert: The New Terrain for Going Public—Strategic Insight for Capital Raisers Amid Regulatory Change

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Imagine a small, fast-growing tech company preparing to go public in 2025. The leadership team, relying on practices that were standard just a few years ago, drafts generic risk disclosures, leans on flexible governance...more

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Capital Markets & Governance Insights - July 2025

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In a broad reversal of course on proposed rules issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the leadership of former SEC Chair Gary Gensler, on June 12, 2025, the SEC issued a notice withdrawing fourteen of...more

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Capital Markets & Governance Insights - January 2025

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Companies should not minimize the extent of a material cybersecurity incident by omitting material facts regarding the scope and potential impact of the incident. Cybersecurity risk factor disclosures should be tailored to a...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Securities Law Update - September 2024

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Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update. This issue contains updates and important reminders on...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Broker Dealer Regulatory Digest - December 2024

The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically focusing on:...more

Holland & Knight LLP

SEC Enforcement Continues SPAC Crackdown as Founder Trading Profits Generate Scrutiny

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Despite the frothy market for special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) in 2021, companies considering such a transaction have been met recently with significant market headwinds, a short supply of suitable targets, the...more

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Blog: Early SEC Enforcement Trends from Chairman Gary Gensler’s First 100 Days

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Gary Gensler was sworn in as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2021. Chairman Gensler has promised to strengthen transparency and accountability in the financial markets. Under Chairman Gensler, we...more

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The SEC Pursues Action Against SPAC and Insiders for Misleading Investors

On July 13, 2021, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced charges against Stable Road Acquisition Corp. (“SRAC”), a special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”), SRAC’s proposed merger target, Momentus...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The Beginning of the SPAC Enforcement Wave: SEC Makes Example of SPAC for Spacing out on Diligence

Chair Gensler’s enforcement agenda begins to take shape as SEC brings sprawling enforcement action against wide range of SPAC participants. Consistent with prior SEC warnings regarding incentives for Special Purpose...more

A&O Shearman

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) Enforcement Actions Trends and Tracker (UPDATED)

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The SFC's latest annual and quarterly reports highlight the SFC's regulatory work since April 2019 and illustrate some key trends in its enforcement agenda. ...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

SEC Takes Aim at SPACs

March Madness extends into April as the Commission markedly increases its focus on SPACs. Surprise pronouncements call into question use of the PSLRA safe harbor for projections and accounting treatment for warrants....more

A&O Shearman

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) Enforcement Actions Trends and Tracker (UPDATED)

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The SFC's latest annual and quarterly reports highlight the SFC's regulatory work since April 2019 and illustrate some key trends in its enforcement agenda. These reports show that the SFC continues to focus its enforcement...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Hong Kong Regulatory Update – October 2019

This update provides an overview of key regulatory developments in the past three months relevant to companies listed, or planning to list, on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx), and their advisers. In particular,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Hong Kong Regulatory Update - July 2019

This edition provides an overview of key regulatory developments in the past three months relevant to companies listed, or planning to list, on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx), and their advisers. In...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Hong Kong Regulatory Update - April 2019

This Hong Kong regulatory update provides an overview of key regulatory developments in the past three months relevant to companies listed (or planning to list) on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx) and their...more

Stoel Rives LLP

In Case You Missed It - Interesting Items for Corporate Counsel - March 2019

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Heaping further empirical evidence on the postulate that self-indulgence trumps common sense, Elon Musk is at it again, now charged by the SEC with violating his earlier settlement agreement, which required that he pre-clear...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2019 Insights: SEC Continues Steady Progress With Regulatory, Enforcement Goals

As the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enters the third year of the Trump administration, its regulatory and enforcement goals remain largely unchanged. At the direction of Chairman Jay Clayton, the SEC continues to...more

Hogan Lovells

Corporate News – September 2018

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A monthly newsletter covering topics of interest in the field of UK corporate law including mergers and acquisitions, listed companies, equity capital markets, corporate governance and general company law. ...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Hong Kong Regulatory Update - March 2015

This Hong Kong regulatory update is intended to provide a brief overview of the principal Hong Kong regulatory developments in the preceding three months relevant to companies listed or proposed to be listed on The Stock...more

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